It's going to be released in about 6 months. 6 months before RIFT's release nobody knew a damn thing about it. And SWTOR and GW2 are hugly hyped but nobody knows if they really are going to be succesful. No need to play Nostradamus here.

One issue with the game is that the female character design is.... 'atrocious', if you will. Typically I like to play female characters (come on, who wants to stare at a dude for hours and hours), but the design in this game probably will make me NOT want to show my friends my characters.

Because it's a silly excuse for men who want to play a female character (which is perfectly fine because your character is not supposed to be mirroring your real life self) but are so pathecically afraid of homosexuality that they pretend it is for some super manly reason.

On April 28 2011 08:30 blackone wrote:Because it's a silly excuse for men who want to play a female character (which is perfectly fine because your character is not supposed to be mirroring your real life self) but are so pathecically afraid of homosexuality that they pretend it is for some super manly reason.

Pretty much true. Not all the time though. I think it depends on the way it's put.

One is more, "I only play a girl cause I don't want to start at a dude all day" and the other is "chicks are hotter" :p

I played a male paladin in WoW since closed beta in vanilla and I don't recall "staring at my character's ass all day" anyways. lol.

SirJolt: Well maybe if you weren't so big and stupid, it wouldn't have hit you.

On April 28 2011 08:30 blackone wrote:Because it's a silly excuse for men who want to play a female character (which is perfectly fine because your character is not supposed to be mirroring your real life self) but are so pathecically afraid of homosexuality that they pretend it is for some super manly reason.

I am pretty sure it's not because of homosexuality.

Instead you may say I am perverted to enjoy playing female characters more (not sure if you call that manly, but o well). Like you said, the characters I play is not a personification of myself in the game world; instead, I may enjoy having a hard-on while I play. There is nothing wrong with that so long as I do it in the privacy of my room and my girlfriend is not watching.

I have a feeling that if my girlfriend found out I play a female TERA character she might get angry at me.

On April 28 2011 08:30 blackone wrote:Because it's a silly excuse for men who want to play a female character (which is perfectly fine because your character is not supposed to be mirroring your real life self) but are so pathecically afraid of homosexuality that they pretend it is for some super manly reason.

Pretty much true. Not all the time though. I think it depends on the way it's put.

One is more, "I only play a girl cause I don't want to start at a dude all day" and the other is "chicks are hotter" :p

I played a male paladin in WoW since closed beta in vanilla and I don't recall "staring at my character's ass all day" anyways. lol.

Sometimes true; when I played Guildwar I play male Warrior and female Mesmer. I felt that a warrior should be male; for Mesmer it was kind of a toss-up, but the male Mesmer looked kind of .... 'gay', if you will, so I opted female instead.

Although I admit my choice of playing a female Elementalist was entirely due to my wish to enjoy watching a girl in short skirt running around. Meh. There is nothing wrong with trying to enjoy a bit of virtual booties.

Aye. I always played what I felt more appropriate. I had one character in WoW but in other games I generally stuck with what I felt like roleplaying. :p I RP'd a ton and have no issue playing male/female characters. I found it more funny than awkward when people would try and hit on me in whispers during an RP session, only to find out I'm a guy.

and before you ask, no I've never pretended I was a female out of character while RPing a female, nor did I do any naughty RP. I DO draw lines somewhere, haha.

SirJolt: Well maybe if you weren't so big and stupid, it wouldn't have hit you.

On April 28 2011 08:30 blackone wrote:Because it's a silly excuse for men who want to play a female character (which is perfectly fine because your character is not supposed to be mirroring your real life self) but are so pathecically afraid of homosexuality that they pretend it is for some super manly reason.

I am pretty sure it's not because of homosexuality.

Instead you may say I am perverted to enjoy playing female characters more (not sure if you call that manly, but o well). Like you said, the characters I play is not a personification of myself in the game world; instead, I may enjoy having a hard-on while I play. There is nothing wrong with that so long as I do it in the privacy of my room and my girlfriend is not watching.

That's perfectly fine, I have no issues with that (playing a girl cause they're hot). But that's different from saying "I want to play a girl because I don't want to look at a dude's ass".

By the way, if there are still people starting to play the korean retail version: The official download is really slow. Like reaaaaaaaallllllyyyyy slow, and it's 27 gigs. But as of now it can be found at usual torrent sites, it's ~10 seeders 30 leechers or something most of the time, but it's way faster than the official download. I hope it's not unappropriate to post this, the client is worthless without an account anyway.

Sadly it seems TERA was delayed for US release until Q2 2012. Hopefully for more good then bad. Huge Content patches coming out in Korea over the next few months which will probably be in US/NA Launch. I'll try to get some info updated into the OP soon.

Those who know how to think need no teachers. Tasteless - I think I'll take my shirt off and let my muscles do the casting

On May 07 2011 16:19 Macabre wrote:Sadly it seems TERA was delayed for US release until Q2 2012. Hopefully for more good then bad. Huge Content patches coming out in Korea over the next few months which will probably be in US/NA Launch. I'll try to get some info updated into the OP soon.

First time I'm hearing about this and I work for an official fan site.

They are now busy with E3 preparations, so there is definitely new info coming, but I haven't heard anything about any delay. After that, there is going to be another test, more open this time, not only community selected members.

We got to experience only a roughly translated Korean version anyway.

If you're thinking about playing in Korea, then stop. I played a few characters to lvl 25 or so and I can tell you, that the "euro" version was like playing a new game. The delay makes a huge difference.